2016 AMC 8 Problem 1

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The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of 1111 hours and 55 minutes. How many minutes was this?

605 605

655 655

665 665

1005 1005

1105 1105

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There are 6060 minutes in an hour, so the total time is 6011+5=66560 \cdot 11 + 5 = 665 minutes.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

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